Lirik dan Chord Lagu The Distance - CAKE

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The Distance merupakan lagu yang dipopulerkan oleh CAKE. Lagu berdurasi 2 menit 59 detik ini merupakan lagu kedua dalam album bertajuk “Fashion Nugget” yang dirilis pada 17 September 1996. Album ini memuat 14 trek lagu, di antaranya Frank Sinatra, It’s Coming Down, Perhaps, Perhaps, dan Perhaps. Penasaran seperti apa lagunya? Untuk mengetahui lirik lagu dan chord “The Distance” yang dinyanyikan CAKE, simak selengkapnya di bawah ini. Chord gitar di bawah adalah chord yang dinaikkan satu nada dari penyayi aslinya.

 

Lirik Lagu The Distance – CAKE

[Intro]

F#m

  Reluctantly crouched at the starting line

F#m

Engines pumping and thumping in time

F#m

The green light flashes, the flags go up

F#m

Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup. They

 

[Verse 1]

F#m

Deftly maneuver and muscle for rank

F#m

Fuel burning fast on an empty tank

F#m

Reckless and wild, they pour through the turns

F#m

Their prowess is potent and secretly stern

F#m

As they speed through the finish, the flags go down A F#m

The fans get up and they get out of town

F#m

The arena is empty except for one man

F#m

Still driving and striving as fast as he can

 

[Pre-Chorus] F#m

The sun has gone down and the moon has come up

F#m

And long ago somebody left with the cup

F#m

But he’s driving and striving and hugging the turns

F#m

And thinking of someone for whom he still burns

F#m

He’s going the

 

[Chorus]

F#m

Distance

F#m

He’s going for speed

F#m

She’s all alone

F#m

All alone in her time of need C#m7

Because he’s racing and pacing and plotting the course F#m

He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse C#m7 F#m

He’s going the distance

 

[Bridge]

F#m No

 

[Verse 2]

F#m

Trophy, no flowers, no flashbulbs, no wine

F#m

He’s haunted by something he cannot define

F#m

Bowelshaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse

F#m

Assail him, impale him with monstertruck force

F#m

In his mind, he’s still driving, still making the grade A F#m

She’s hoping in time that her memories will fade

F#m

‘Cause he’s racing and pacing and plotting the course

F#m

He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse

F#m

The

 

[Pre-Chorus]

F#m

Sun has gone down and the moon has come up

F#m

And long ago somebody left with the cup

F#m

But he’s striving and driving and hugging the turns

F#m

And thinking of someone for whom he still burns

F#m

‘Cause he’s going the

 

[Chorus]

F#m

Distance

F#m

He’s going for speed

F#m

She’s all alone

F#m

All alone in her time of need C#m7

Because he’s racing and pacing and plotting the course F#m

He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse C#m7

He’s racing and pacing and plotting the course F#m

He’s fighting and biting and riding on his horse C#m7

He’s going the distance F#m

He’s going for speed C#m7 F#m

He’s going the distance

 

[Bridge]

F#m Ah

 

[Outro]

F#m Oh, no

F#m

So sad

F#m

All right

F#m

Oh, no

F#m

Oh, no

F#m

No, no!